Improved paint-brush



glnitnh gtutes gaunt @ffitz.

JOHN N. WOODWARD OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND THOMAS ARENSER, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 64,73Ldated May 14. 1867.

IMPROVED PAIN T-BRUSH.

tilgt fitljrbnlc numb in in tlpsc giittas figment amt tinting part M the sum.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: p

Be it known that I, JOHN N. WOODWARD, of Aurora, in the county of Kane, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paint-Brushes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, rei'erencebeing had to the ann'exed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation showing the shape of the band as manufactured, and

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a paint-brush with the band applied.

The same letters are employed in both figures in the indication of the same parts.

The object of this invention is the application to a paint-brush, when new, of a band, which, passing around thcbrush at the base of the bristles, will give additional stiffness to the bristles when longpand' which may be removed when the bristles are worn short by use and no'longer require this support.

The band,v as shown in fi l, is made in asingle piece. The circular part. 'of'the band A surrounds the brush immediately below the part of the bristleswhi'eh connects them with the handle of the brush, and is a fiat, flexible piece of thin metal. It is connected by the neck B with the eyes B B, which are made to'slip over the handle of the brush. One of these has a tongue, C, projecting from the top, and'the other has'a corresponding slot out through the heck at C. The strap A has a notch cut in its end at D, leaving projections on each side. On the other end are corresponding narrow slits D cut from the edge on each side. On thesame end with the slits D is a tongue, E, and at the other end a corresponding narrow slot, E. In applying the band the strap A is bent around the bristles below their point of attachment to the handle, the handle being first passed through the eyes -B. The tongue E is passed under the other end ofthe belt and passed outwards through the slot E", the tongues at Dbe'ing passed under the plate through the slot D. The tongue C is passed under the plate through the slotC', and the tongue E, when the band is drawn tightly around the bristles, is bent back over the plate towards its base, securely locking the band in place. The band may be withdrawn by bending the tongueE back until it is again straight, and separating the parts.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The band A with eyes, tongues, and slots, as described, for attachment adjust-ably to the outside of paintbrushes, substantially in the manner set forth. In testimony whereof I have-signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

.JOHN N. WOODWARD.

Witnesses:

H. S. VAN Nonrwrcx, JAs. P. SNELL. 

